Veterans' needs are appropriate use of our tax dollars

Regarding the June 2 letter about using tax dollars for veterans' health needs, the writer's thinking was very shallow. Everything the government funds except Social Security is funded by our tax dollars.

If, in fact, he wants to complain, I have been taught that to take something that was not yours was stealing. Not one penny of Social Security is paid to the government in taxes. It is paid by employers and employees and the government is violating its fiduciary capacity when Social Security is used for any purpose except that for which it was intended.